lawmakers passing a law to make sure the national anthem is played by pro sports teams. "fox and friends first" continues right now. >> you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. >> the 20 seventh of may. i said 26. let's get to the top stories in a moment but first we begin with another fox news alert out of texas were 3 police officers are recovering following a shootout. police say the officers were recalling to a call about a suicidal man. the suspect opening fire when officers tried to contact him. >> one officer at snack was great and another bullet struck a metal shoe. a third officer was his in his bulletproof this. police returned fire. the swat team is currently working to make contact with the

suspect. this is a developing story and we will keep you updated. >> to another fox news alert, breaking overnight at night prisoners died after the california railroad shooting. >> authority to identify the gunman as sam cassidy. an employee of the transit system. christina coleman joins us from los angeles as we learn more about the victims. >> the one person who was critically injured his died overnight. there attended including the suspect who authorities say took his own life. the victims range in age from 29 to 63 years old. they were employees at the light rail facility for the valley transportation authority in santa clara county, they provided bus and rail services throughout the most populated county in the san francisco bay area and continue to do so during the pandemic. >> these folks were heroes during covid 19. the buses never stopped running, they kept at work and we are really calling on them for a second time to survive such a terrible terrible tragedy. >> the shooting happened during a shift change yesterday morning

when deputies responded, firefighters battling a house fire at the suspect's property. the suspect was identified as 57-year-old sam cassidy who worked at the facility since at least 2012, his ex-wife divorced him in 2005, she reportedly said he had a bad temper and would tell her he wanted to kill people at work. she said she never believed him until now. gonna gavin newsom didn't hold back over his frustration. >> what is going on in the united states of america, what is wrong with us? what are we going to come to grips with this? what are we going to put down our arms literally and figuratively, our politics, stale rhetoric, finger-pointing, all the handwringing, consternation it produces nothing except more fury and frustration. >> at this point no word on a motive for the shooting? >> christina, thank you.

>> the push to recall george gascon gaining traction, top officials are speaking out against the soft on crime approach. cynthia zimmer supports the push and joined me earlier to explain why. >> gorge casco has been district attorney los angeles county for the last 6 months and he has been a public safety disaster. district attorneys are supposed to be fighting for crime victims and he's not doing his job. he has no empathy for crime victims. >> organizers have 160 days to collect 5079 signatures to trigger a recall election. da gascon is the spotlight is major american city see a rising crime. fox news host dan bondgenus is really does need to step up to save their communities. >> these are real people dying. it's not a joke on a talking point.

these are real body bags in the real world because really stupid people are making really dumb decisions and one more thing, minneapolis after the george floyd incident 19 children since then, children shot, kids. kids because the cops are being attacked over there instead of handling the real problem. >> at least eight us cities have seen pretty big fights and homicide this year. >> in idaho the murder of two children hearing in court, laurie vallow, they are invited in several counts including murder charges but she's facing a grand thread charge related to social security dennis for her kids which i want a hearing caught on camera laughing when the judge asked the question. is also charged with the death of his ex-wife. >> jurors in mali to the test murder trial could get the cases it is today following explosive testimony from illegal immigrant christian rivera. the murder suspect blaming two mistry men for the death of

20-year-old tenets. blue men threat rivera with knives to drive him to where tibbetts jogged before putting something in his trunk. >> two men in your malibu to the cornfield where you dumped molly tibbetts, correct? >> yes. >> are there was not expected to take the stand in his own defense, he faces life in prison if convicted. >> homeland security secretary alejandra mayorkas says he wants to make significant changes to weiss at the border crisis. >> good jenkins joins us as the secretary of defense the president's handling of migrants. >> he was a nazi facing a grilling on capitol hill over the administration's handling of the crisis at the border and rapid reduction of ice enforcement. >> the president could not have been clearer in his articulation of this administration's position which is the border is closed. >> but the numbers tell a

different story, the latest dhs unaccompanied child report you see her shows 18,000 kids in hhs care averaging 360 per day taking into cbp custody. the video from the fox team showing how out of control the situation has become. a del rio sector border patrol chief austin sarah releasing a statement after 10 sex offenders were caught in one week saying, quote, the majority of these criminals were apprehended in our sector's most remote areas which are agents were instrumental in preventing them from infiltrating our communities. mayorkas under fire for the administration's catch and release policy. since february 61,000 migrants of been released into the interior without notice to report to an ice office, now some governors such as rhonda santos threatening to sue over enforcement.

>> when i have somebody that was illegally in the country and get convicted of a crime biden's administration releases them back into the community. these are convicted criminal aliens, that is a total to religion of duty and responsibility to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. >> this as fox news's latest polling shows the border is the third most important issue facing the country followed only by the economy and covid. the administration not calling a crisis. we also learned from mayorkas's testimony the administration is requesting $1.2 billion for border infrastructure, port of entry enhancement and migrant care in next year's budget. that does not include aid for central america. and also vice president harris today will hold a meeting with private-sector leaders over the northern triangle. but no plans for her to visit the southwest border. still weighing in on that trip. >> the republicans grill president biden's pick for atf director after he made this admission.

>> with respect to the ar 15 i support a than as his been presented in the senate bill and supported by the president. >> the gop pressing david shipman on the statement. >> you mean that you don't just want to ban the manufacture of those rifles, you don't just want to make it illegal to sell those rifles but you want to actively have government go after people who currently possess firearms? >> senators asked about his support on disarming school resource officers among other issues. he's insisted his political views would not interfere with his enforcement of the current law. >> did you about this, pro sports teams could soon be required to play the national anthem in texas, the state legislature passing a bill the star-spangled banner protection act, if a team does not comply it could face losing subsidies will be banned from future state contracts.

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massive normal people in between the coasts. what say you? >> bill maher has been right for months talking about how this was a threat to the democratic party or james carville, the people you use to consider extreme left are now left of center but more mainstream than a lot of the party or at least the people in the party to get attention. the squad gets a lot of media attention by left and right media and by them being the loudest voices in the room, they get their policy positions amplified while moderates are muted. harvard harris did a poll in february, found that 2 thirds of voters say cancel culture is a threat to our freedom and democrats like to pay attention to polls a lot and if they see that they say maybe we shouldn't defund police when we see crime skyrocketing in all of those cities where police funds are being defunded or reallocated is a nice word to put it or should

we expand the supreme court, 22 one are against that. if you look at the polls and look at the policy positions of what the squad supports probably not a good idea if you want to hold on to the house and senate and white house in the next 3 years. >> i argue it is not necessarily going to wait until election day to have cancel culture affecting those on the left because i feel like it already is, no one is immune to this, christie teagan is a model, harassment is john legend, both outspoken against donald trump and just recently people called her out bypassed comments that she allegedly made, people in boxes and this and that and whatever line she had has been taken off the show in bloomingdale's and target and macy's. it is coming for everyone.

>> it is coming for everyone because we are allowing social media to be this are bitter. of something trends on twitter for 5 minutes suddenly everybody reacts to it as if it really is something we should be concerned with. if you are a corporation and you see all my god, people are saying we will boycott our brand because christie teagan said something or this person said something controversial but here is the thing about trending on twitter. it goes away like the tide, it comes in and goes out and you don't see it again so too many companies, too many people reacting to what is going on on twitter. what is weird is not the real world, not apologize, put your head down and if you feel you are in the right don't apologize because when you do that you are writing your career execution because the woke mob will see that as this person is weak and then they finish you off. todd: let's pop up on the screen the underlying article that started this discussion we are

having in the new york times, the title is is woken this kryptonite for democrats? my research told me you are media analyst. i'm looking for a second source on that but all joking aside isn't it weird the new york times, this is lightweight, world is round, acknowledgments, shouldn't we have seen articles like this over the course of the last four years? >> the new york times, i am a media analyst, one of the top ones in the country, that is what my dad told me. the new york times sees their subscriptions going down and the cnns and msnbcs either readings going down because they embrace all the stuff and now they realize people are leaving in droves, wonder why that is, most people are not for cancel culture.

now speaking up about it. people finally waking up to this stuff. todd: we can confirm he is a media analyst. jillian: good to see you. >> and a beer conch champion from last weekend and many more this summer. todd: we will take you on. thank you. jillian: a champion for struggling first responders. lewis alvarez gets a park named in his honor. todd: his wife joins us live with the legacy left behind you do not want to miss. (vo) jamaica. (woman) best decision ever. (vo) feel the sand between your toes, and the gentle waves of the sea on your skin. feel the warm jamaican breeze lift your spirits and nourish your soul.

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todd: charlie claims that 2020 pilot program reveals governor graduate were's their discount could be higher. >> you know what they did? they stopped looking. they didn't want to know the answer. i asked why did you stop? it was too time-consuming. todd: voicing his concerns after studying documents showing less than half the dose could be traced to nursing home addresses. direct nursing the reporters were supposedly done on an honor system. cory booker praises republican senator tim scott on hard work to pass a police reform bill. msnbc's we read show a frequent critic of scott. >> encounters with police as a

united states senator. he is not caving to the politics of this. i'm telling you as a black man to scott is sincere in wanting to see us address these problems. todd: he went on to say scott's work has given him solace and strength. jillian: a lasting tribute for 9/11 hero, a park name for lewis alvarez was unveiled in an emotional ceremony. he was remembered melanie for his heroic actions but as a champion for 9/11 first responders. >> step forward again, worked tirelessly during the rescue and recovery period that followed. jillian: detective alvarez appeared on capitol hill to fight for benefits needed by his fellow first responders. this in one month before he passed away at 53. more on his heroic legacy is his wife elaine. thanks for being here this morning. >> thanks for having me. jillian: tell me about this

dedication of the park and what it means to your family? >> it is been a healing process. it has been it has been such a pleasure to work with the people that helped. brian schneider, everybody came together and jumped in hoops to make this happen in real life, really, they did everything they could to make a stream become reality and to see my vision and help me put it together because i didn't know how to put it together. 's to a friend of mine who does a lot of feng shui and numerology, and put the sacred geometry of five in there.

>> it will be healing for your family. >> likely representing the evolution of man, when you think about it, it is just a whole and neurology, 9/11 is pretty much infused throughout the park and his badge number 11 which is a master number as well. we have infused all these things, a little secret spark from the park that means certain things that really say a lot. >> he is a hero to every single person in the country for his efforts on that day but i'm curious what makes a hero to your family. >> a hero to my family.

he was just a fighter. he left behind a legacy nobody can fill his shoes. he has just been just -- so hard to explain in words what he meant to my family and myself and what he continues to mean to us. he proved that you don't give up no matter what and you finish what you start. you don't start something and not finish it. that was important for my children, a lesson they learned. he fought is dying day. jillian: finishing what he started, he carried that with him until the very end buyer.

capitol hill just weeks before he died to urge lawmakers to renew the september 11th victims compensation fund which they pass through 2090. even though he's not physically with us everything he has done will help people for generations to come. you lame out rs, thank you for being with us. appreciate it. >> have a good day. jillian: thank your family for everything. >> thank you so much. ♪♪ tipation with belly pain was the same old story for years. trying this. doing that. spending countless days right here. still came the belly pain, discomfort, and bloating. awful feelings she kept sugar-coating. finally, with the help of her doctor, it came to be. that her symptoms were all signs of ibs-c. and that's why she said yes to adding linzess. linzess is not a laxative.

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us aid to rebuild gaza as the head of hamas claims the terror group has 300 miles of dangerous tools used to transport rockets and 10,000 fighters willing to infiltrate israel. president biden orders us intelligence officials to investigate the wuhan lab leak to find out the origins of covid 19. todd: the president shutdown a similar probe by the trump administration months ago as the senate calls for action. >> reporter: president biden asking the intelligence community's or redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring the us closer to a definitive conclusion on the origins of covid 19. the president saying us intelligence officials are split son the same virus came from human contact with an infected animal, others say the virus them from the lab incident. change we will continue to press china to participate in a full, transparent evidence-based

international investigation was needed access to get to the bottom of the virus that has taken 3 million lives across the globe. >> reporter: the senate passing a bill by unanimous consent wednesday night requiring the biden administration to declassify information about covid 19. the bill sponsored by republican senators josh howie and mike braun gives them 90 days to declassify all information relating to possible links to the wuhan lab. >> the american people deserve to know about the origins of covid 19, how it got started and china's role was in starting it. look at what the country has gone through. why in the name of simple transparency wouldn't we want to get to the root cause of it? >> reporter: president biden directed intelligence officials

to keep congress up-to-date on its work. facebook is changing course saying they will no longer remove posts with the claim that covid 19 is man-made from their platform. facebook said it would remove posts claiming coronavirus was man-made saying they made that decision after consulting with leading health organizations. jillian: thanks. >> a councilwoman in austin, texas sounding the alarm as armed homeless groups protest the city's new camping band. kelly has been harassed near city hall and even spotted multiple weapons there. she joins us there. thank you for joining us. what are you hoping to accomplish by starting a dialogue with these individuals? >> i was hoping to find out what their point of view was. the great thing about living in this country as we have diversity of thought and we can learn from one another but clearly that individual specifically did not want to do that. >> how worrisome is it to you

these individuals, and armed security force to more or less defend their camp because of recent events are any indication like portland or seattle this doesn't end well. >> exactly. that is my main concern not just for my safety but the safety of everyone who walks around city hall, we have a beautiful city, people used to come here in droves to visit but this is unacceptable. >> your fellow austin residents, talking to lawrence jones about this issue. >> people who are assaulted, home invasions. started with box cutters as weapons and we have a machete capital of texas was the city of boston -- >> people and citizens are left to fend for ourselves. >> this is a battle between the camping band versus free speech or that is the way it is being portrayed as you look at video lawrence jones touring the scene

in austin, texas but how long can a full situation go on before somebody or multiple people get really seriously hurt or worse? >> hopefully it ends soon. i've been told by the city manager the free-speech zone will not go away until august 8th. my problem with that is this has happened before during the occupy movement in years ago our city council insured there was no overnight camping on the property. my biggest concern is they are armed with machetes, they have metal pipes, sticks, walkie-talkies and bullet proof vest, they harass me and i had city staff come into my office the last several days thanking me for speaking out about it because they are experiencing the same thing. >> and too scared to speak out because of how our society treats individuals who speak out, appreciate your bravery, thank you so much. jillian: let's look at video,

kansas hit with a reported tornado. looks like this is happening in hays, kansas, damaging hail, severe storms sweep across the country. todd: janice, looking at your map there is a lot of activity. >> the national weather center says that is the area with potential for tornadoes. a dozen tornadoes across areas of texas all the way towards kansas and nebraska. another round of severe storms today and quite a bit of storm activity across the northeast, a baseball game, they didn't cancel, they are going to cancel it. they don't listen to me, they go and cancel the baseball game and the weather, meteorologist, my goodness, anyway, sometimes they don't listen to me even if i'm

the mom but look where we have potential for severe storms today across portions of kansas and missouri, severe thunderstorm watch is in effect, this is ongoing, hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, heavy rainfall today across areas of planes including the midwest and the ohio river valley disappears from dallas, texas towards st. louis, the threat for all large-scale damaging wind, isolated tornadoes if you live in these areas. here is your forecast of across the area. really nice if there are baseball games in new york because it is 82. i recommend going to baseball games. todd: you are not anti-baseball. jillian: looking at the radar, we are going to go. i am like what did i go to school for if i'm telling you there's a storm system,

lightning, no baseball game. we trust you and listen to you. todd: i will cancel everything in my life based on everything you say going forward. it is all done. >> janice: i don't know about that but thank goodness you are back. jillian: homerun, we are out of here because we've got to go to break. todd: access denied. a group of republican lawmakers blocked from a migrant facility in texas. congresswoman vicki toward the border in el paso in joins us live. jillian: ohio reveals the first million-dollar winner of the buckeye state's vaccine lottery. is the cash and sent helping to get more shots in arms. we will tell you next. ♪♪

hey, mom. i'll never say t his but... - thanks for telling me everyone 12 and older is eligible for the covid-19 vaccine. - thank you for loving me that much. - thanks. jillian: welcome back. aerospace company lockheed martin having executives attend

a training course to deconstruct their white male culture. manhattan institute's senior fellow reporting on the issue. >> these executives go through exercises where they said being a white male is analogous to be a kkk member, take you through a series of exercises where the review white male privilege statements apologizing for their race, apologizing for their sex. >> the company released a statement saying employee training programs focus on core values of doing what is right and respecting others. todd: a school board moving forward with a plan to fly black lies matter and pride flags along the american flag, this calls for the flag be flown at all facilities and inside each classroom. one board member be reading members who wanted to send it for legal review saying, quote, you are creating a roadblock in a racist system that does that

reaffirm our students diversity. president biden will promote economic policies during a speech at a community college in cleveland. jillian: cheryl casone with what we can expect from the trip to ohio. >> reporter: president biden heading to cleveland, making a clear case the economic plan is working, going on to say he will talk how far we've come is a country because of the actions we have taken over the last four was turning the tide on the pandemic, creating 500,000 jobs each month on average, cutting unemployment claims, raising wages, the recovery but the numbers tell a different story, february jobs report showed 370,000 jobs created with an unemployment rate of 6.2%, april showing weakness with 280,000 jobs created. in fact the economy is not where

it was pre-pandemic, we are showing a net loss of 8.2 million jobs as a nation. ohio gop chair says his visit to ohio will give him ample opportunity to justify to ohioans why bolstering russian jobs and not president biden should be giving a job speech in moscow instead of cleveland. todd: he's not happy. continuing our ohio block we have winners. >> reporter: the jackpot has its first jackpot. okay. and ohio woman the first one million-dollar jackpot taking on the call mill after 2.7 million ohioans. the state announcing a winner

wednesday, getting their shot. there is also a scholarship winner between cell -- 1 joseph costello of dayton, won a schools -- a scholarship to any ohio state college, vaccinations in that state, this is amazing jumping 45% after the lottery was announced and other states are getting in on the same action. colorado has 5, one million-dollar prizes. in maryland the fax cash lottery handout 40,$000 prizes. in new york those who get the shot get a scratch off ticket, thanks, new york. in oregon, scholarships are being offered. the scratch off ticket in new york, you could $5 million. jillian: i never would have thought we would be having these big drawings.

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something and instagram but, a lot of people's attention, all white people are racist and all white people have been conditioned as a society where one is racial identity determines life experiences/outcomes and whiteness is the norm and the default that includes me, i don't hate white people, i hate whiteness was that was in defense of critical race theory which has triggered a massive debate in some conservative states banning altogether. the biden administration is encouraging it be taught in schools. jillian: caitlin jenner was on the fox news channel and to clarify some comments a few weeks ago. carley: she was in studio, bill and dana asked about her stance on transgender girls in women's sports and made a lot of headlines for saying this to tmc earlier this month. >> question of fairness. that is why i oppose biological boys who are trains competing in

girl's sports in school. it just isn't fair. carley: yesterday she had this to say on the subject. take a listen. >> trans women who are truly trans-who at a very young age started proper medical treatment, grown up as girls, should be able to competing girl sports, such a small issue it is a nonissue that is out there. >> he's making a distinction between trans women who started treatment early and people want to compete in sports who are just starting the transition process. she says she was put together a commission to look into each case individually. todd: congresswoman vicki hartzler talks about her recent visit to the border. jillian: download fox been super 6 apps and play for a chance to win 10,$000. all you need to do is predict 6 outcomes at the super 6 quiz show. topics range from entertainment

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have time for us to come. and this is after weeks of calls with them and the desire was expressed by us that it was very important that we see this. we went to the border. we got see the wall. that unfortunately has stopped being built. we visited with border patrol agents who are dealing with influx of migrants. we went to a processing center where 4,000 children were being taken care of and moved into our country. and then but we wanted to visit with the intelligence agencies there on the ground that are monitoring the drug cartels to really get an assessment for the threat that we are facing. we are seeing a human smuggling operation like we have never seen into this country. they are making an average of $12 million a day on this human trafficking that they are doing. and they are flooding our country with an unprecedented amount of drugs. and this intelligence center could have provided us more

information about the cartels, about the threat that we are facing as now we have learned the drug cartels are embedded in our own country in our communities as they are monitoring these individuals. we wanted to hear what our country was doing about this crisis. and we were denied that opportunity. and this went all the way up to the white house and we believe this is from the department of justice, the directive from them and the attorney general not to let us in. and we think that that is just wrong. jillian: seems to me like denials of entry to facilities like this can only toledo more speculation that i just feel like maybe isn't necessary, right? wouldn't we rather have the truth out there. >> exactly. what are they trying to hide? i mean, that is the question. and why couldn't they take time to allow those representatives of the people who have oversight of their agencies who appropriate the money to their agencies to have access to them

and to this facility. it was just absolutely wrong. todd: and if you as a congresswoman can't get answers and access, that, quite frankly as a congresswoman you should be able to get. what chance do the rest of us have? what's really going on here? >> well, that is the question. what is going on. and we can only speculate about what they don't want us to see or learn, but i think the bottom line is that this crisis is worse than they want to let on. and the biden administration they are literally tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of individuals crossing our border every few months, and many of these individuals are criminals. they have gang background. there are record number of drugs. already they have caught over 3 tons of fentanyl. they have caught the same amount of opioids so far this year that in the entirety of 2020. same with meth.

so, their poor policies of the biden administration are endangering our communities and we need to stop and go back to the trump peal that was working to protect our communities and to safeguard those individuals who are being endangered in this process. jillian: okay, congresswoman vicki hartzler, thank you for joining us and sharing your experience. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. brady tweeting dechambeau better get used to laying up because we know aaron rogers isn't going for it. jillian: that is a reference to the packers choosing to kick a field goal. tom and i have some unfinished business. unfortunately little it will be at bryson and aaron's expense that referring to the previous matchup with peyton manning and tiger woods. i like to think if we were going head to head in some kind of outing we would also be trash

talking because i'm very much into that. i appreciate this. >> all trash talking todd piro. if you get a chance, -- we ran out of time. tom brady's tweets comparing bryson to dechambeau. jillian: love it see you back here tomorrow. "fox & friends" starts right now, bye. ♪ ♪ jillian: the death toll in the california railyard shooting has risen overnight. >> investigators continue to collect evidence but aren't any closer to figuring out a motive. >> if it turns out that covid-19 originated from a lab accident, would the president seek to punish china. >> we're not going go there just yet. >> new evidence that joe biden met with his son's business contacts back when he was a sitting vice president. >> senators grilling president biden's fix to head the atf. >> what's an assault weapon? >> yeah, senator,. >> no way i could define an